East coast/G-kids/NP stamps

We have grandkids in Missouri, Connecticut, and one graduating from Army bootcamp in South Carolina.

That sounds like an excellent excuse for a long ride! Plus there are national parks stamps to collect!

But when it was time to go - mother nature refused to cooperate. So the ride started out with the bike in a trailer 

Snow A-plenty! Lucky for me we loaded the bike into our enclosed trailer - and it rode along tied down and I rode along warm, and comfy 

Our first stop/grandkids visit is in Missouri. The week flew by way to fast, the next thing we knew it was time to drive over to Connecticut for our second stop/grandkids visit.

While in Connecticut we visit the PEZ factory, and the visitor center.

Then we spent a couple hours in the Yale Peabody museum.

Did the triceratops drop 2 year old Grant or is Dad tossing him up to the dino? :)

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Another week quickly spent on an awesome visit and then we were on our way to North Carolina to visit my brother.

There are a plethora of covered bridges in the north-east, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to get an image of this one. The train bridge just added to the charm.

I've been keeping an eye on our trailers tires...they seem to be wearing out way to fast.

And they continued to wear out incredible fast. We had them mounted just before we left on this trip. Less than 2000 miles later and ..

We stop at a rest area and rotate the two hoping to extend them for at least a day - when we will have more time to get them  fixed!

But...in the end I didn't want Bev driving home alone with lousy tires.

So we  decide to bite the bullet and purchase some new tires right away

This tire store was the second one we stopped at and start the ball rolling for a new pair.

They got us in and out in less than 1  1/2 hour. Amazing!

We also called the store back home that installed the disappointing tires and were reassured that they would make this right when we got home. 

No surprise there, they are good people.

Speaking of good people, here are two..... Beverly and ....

 Another good person!

She was sitting on a picnic table near us as we rotated the tires. As we finished she approached us and commented that,  'she had never seen anyone  "fixing a flat and smiling as much as we were."

I pointed at Beverly and said, "when you marry a woman like her it's easy to smile all the time!

And that is part one .. thanks for reading.

Check in in a week or so for more .

Expect;

Florida 

Tennessee,

Et.al.

Numerous National Parks

More fun!

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